迷你对话学地道口语第726期:再忍一下,再撑一下

 Subject: Hang in there.

迷你对话A: Boss, I don’t want to go on business. It’s too tiresome¹.

老板，我不想出差了，太累了。

B: Hang in there.

再忍耐一下吧。

地道表达hang in1. 解词释义Hang in的字面意思是“用力抓住（不要掉下去）”，比喻为“坚持下去不要放弃”“（在困难时候）再忍一下，撑一下”的意思。相当于“Persevere and don’t give up.”“Keep trying.”。

2. 拓展例句e.g. Hang in there and you never know what you might achieve.

坚持下去，你永远都无法预料会有什么样的收获。

e.g. We must hang in whenever we come across difficulties.

我们遇到困难时一定要坚持不懈。

e.g. Hang in there, baby. You can pass the university entrance exam!

宝贝,不要泄气, 坚持下去. 你一定能通过大学入学考试!

Ps ：on business的意思是“出差办事”，go on business表示“去出差”。例如：

Government officials who travel on business are given traveling allowances².

因公出差的政府官员享有出差补贴。

Under the pretext³ of travelling on business, ( some cadres ) go holidaying and waste public money.

以出差为名, 游山玩水,给国家造成浪费。

Ps 2：tiresome的意思是“无聊的，厌烦的”。例如：

I developed a tiresome cough that kept me awake all night.

我那令人讨厌的咳嗽越来越厉害，使得我整夜不眠。

The children were being very tiresome.

这孩子非常令人讨厌。

Buying a house can be a very tiresome business.

买房子会是件很麻烦的事情。

1 tiresome   

adj.令人疲劳的，令人厌倦的

参考例句：

• His doubts and hesitations were tiresome.他的疑惑和犹豫令人厌烦。
• He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors.他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。

2 allowances   

津贴( allowance的名词复数 )； 补助； 1 限额； 定量 2 免税额

参考例句：

• Government officials who travel on business are given traveling allowances. 因公出差的政府官员享有出差补贴。
• The court was asked to make allowances for his age. 人们要求法庭考虑他的年龄。

3 pretext   

n.借口，托词

参考例句：

• He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.他借口头疼而不去上学。
• He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.他以生病为借口，没参加那个会议。